Boston.com - Boston MA, one minute ago/ Winslet won the Academy Award for best actress for her dramatic role in "The Reader" in 2009.

ITN, 5 minutes ago/ David Beckham's Achilles tendon surgery has been completed successfully according to his surgeon.

The Kansas City Star - Kansas City MO, one minute ago/ WASHINGTON A new Democratic Senate bill to tame the financial markets would give the government new powers to break up firms that threaten the economy and would force the industry to pay for its failures.Legislation unveiled Monday by Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher Dodd falls shy of the ambitious restructuring of federal financial regulations envisioned by President Barack Obama or contained in legislation already passed in the House.But the bill would still be the biggest overhaul of regulations since the New Deal. It comes 18 months after Wall Street's failures helped plunge the nation into a deep recession.A leaner Federal Reserve would gain new powers to regulate the size and the activities of the nation's largest financial firms.

The Kansas City Star - Kansas City MO, one minute ago/ RALEIGH, N.C. The mistress of former presidential candidate John Edwards says she is helping him live "a life of truth" and the two remain in love even after their affair helped trigger his downfall from the pinnacle of U.S. politics."Everyone talks about how Johnny has fallen from grace," Rielle Hunter told GQ magazine in an interview released Monday.